In the early 1980's a number of reports on the status of science
and mathematics education were published, making evident declining
science and mathematics achievement, dropping enrollment, and
a shortage of qualified teachers. In April 1983 the National Commission
on Excellence in Education presented its report to President Reagan
The report, entitled A Nation at Risk: the Imperative for Educational
Reform, compared the quality of teaching and learning in America's
schools and colleges with those of other advanced nations. A Nation
at Risk became the focus of nationwide media attention. This sparked
renewed federal involvement in science and mathematics education,
school/industry coalitions were set up, and a call for help was
issued to all interested parties. Concerned with the scientific
literacy of their employees and their future employees, business
and industry offered assistance in a number of ways--providing
money, training, equipment, competitions, and other cooperative
efforts.

This present guide complements LC Science Tracer Bullet 75-5,
Science Education in America, which provides a historical overview.
Not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography, this is designed--as
the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on target."

Johnston, Karen L., and Bill G. Aldridge. The crisis
in science education: what is it? how can we respond? Journal
of college science teaching, v. 14, Sept./Oct. 1984: 20-28.
Pamphlet box <SciRR> and Q183.U6J68

Examines the forces associated with elementary
and secondary education that shape the talent pool, traces pathways
to undergraduate and graduate education in science and engineering,
and presents a discussion of policy areas for possible congressional
action, developed under two strategies, labeled 'retention' and
'recruitment.'

See also specific disciplines, e.g., ENGINEERING,
MATHEMATICS, TECHNOLOGY followed by the subdivisions --STUDY AND
TEACHING--UNITED STATES

SCIENCE--STUDY AND TEACHING (Relevant)
SCIENCE--STUDY AND TEACHING--LAW AND LEGISLATION--UNITED STATES
(Relevant)
SCIENCE--STUDY AND TEACHING--UNITED STATES (Relevant)
SCIENTISTS--EDUCATION--UNITED STATES (Relevant)
TECHNOLOGY AND STATE--UNITED STATES (Relevant)
EDUCATION AND STATE--UNITED STATES (Related)
SCIENTISTS--SUPPLY AND DEMAND--GOVERNMENT POLICY--UNITED STATES
(Related)
TECHNICAL EDUCATION--UNITED STATES (Related)
EDUCATION--UNITED STATES--EVALUATION (More general)

Everybody counts: a report to the nation on the
future of mathematics education. Mathematical Sciences Education
Board and Board on Mathematical Sciences, Committee on the Mathematical
Sciences in the Year 2000, National Research Council. Washington,
National Academy Press, 1989. 114 p.
QA13.E94 1989
Bibliography: p. 99-113.

National Science Board (U.S.). Commission on Precollege
Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology. Educating
Americans for the 21st century: a plan of action for improving mathematics,
science, and technology education for all American elementary and
secondary students so that their achievement is the best in the
world by 1995: a report to the American people and the National
Science Board. Washington, National Science Board Commission
on Precollege Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology,
1983. 124 p.
QA13.N38 1983 SSRR
Bibliography: p. 102-103
----- ----- Source materials. Washington, National
Science Board Commission on Precollege Education in Mathematics,
Science, and Technology, 1983. 251 p.
QA13.N38 1983 Source Materials SSRR

Project 2061. Phase I of the AAAS initiative on scientific
literacy, Project 2061 established a base for reform by spelling
out the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that all students should
acquire as a consequence of their total school experience from kindergarten
through high school. The following six reports, listed in order
of AAAS publication number, are the product of Phase I of Project
2061.

Science for all Americans: a Project 2061 report
on literacy goals in science, mathematics, and technology. Washington,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989. 217 p.
(AAAS publication, 89-01S)

Alliance for excellence: librarians respond to
A Nation at Risk: recommendations and strategies from libraries
and the learning society. Washington, U.S. Dept. of Education,
Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Center for Libraries
and Education Improvement; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1984. 64 p.
Z718.A36 1984

American Council on Education. Business-Higher Education
Forum. America's competitive challenge: the need for a national
response. A report to the President of the United States from the
Business-Higher Education Forum. Washington, American Council on
Education, Business-Higher Education Forum, 1983. 51 p.
LC1085.A45 1983
Includes bibliographical references.

America's schools: passing the test of the 80's?
Editor, Carol C. Collins. New York, Facts on File Publications,
c1985. 231 p.
LA217.A785 1985
A compilation of newspaper editorials that follow
the debate over the crisis in education.

Committee on Science and Mathematics Education.
Recommendations for improving the quality of science and mathematics
education in North Carolina's public schools. Raleigh, N.C.,
Committee on Science and Mathematics Education of the North Carolina
Board of Science and Technology and the State Dept. of Public Instruction,
1982. 70 p.
Q183.3.N8C66 1982
Includes bibliographical references.

National Forum on Educational Reform (1984: San Francisco,
Calif.). Excellence in our schools: making it happen: conference
proceedings of a National Forum on Educational Reform held in San
Francisco, March 14-16, 1984. New York, College Entrance Examination
Board, 1985. 95 p.
LA210.N3335 1984

Natural partners: how science centers and community
groups can team up to increase science literacy. Washington,
Association of Science-Technology Centers, 1987. 23 p.
Q105.U5N38 1987
Proceedings of a workshop held in September 1986;
sponsored by ASTC and the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, Office of Opportunities.
Bibliography: p. 18.

Raizen, Senta A. Science and mathematics in the
schools: report of a convocation. Washington, National Academy
of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, 1982. 32 p.
Q183.3.A1R34 1982

Science and technology education and future human
needs. Edited by J. L. Lewis and P. J. Kelly. Oxford, Eng.,
New York, Published for the ICSU Press by Pergamon Press, 1987.
185 p. (Science and technology education and future human needs,
v. 1.)
Q181.S82 1987
Papers from the Bangalore Conference on Science
and Technology Education and Future Human Needs, organized by the
Committee on the Teaching of Science of the International Council
of Scientific Unions.
Includes bibliographies.

Science education in a high technology society:
proceedings of a conference. Sponsored by Boston University
for the National Science Teachers Association of the United States
and the Association for Science Education of the United Kingdom,
March 31-April 2, 1984, Boston, Massachusetts. Edited by Albert
G. Medvitz. Boston, Boston University, c1985. 335 p
Q181.A1S35 1985
Includes bibliographies.

Engineering--Study and Teaching--United States
Mathematics--Study and Teaching--United States
Science--Study and Teaching--United States
Science--Study and Teaching (Higher)--United States
Science--Study and Teaching (Secondary)--United States
Science and State--United States
Science Teachers--United States--Supply and Demand

Davey, Micheal E., Edith Fairman Cooper, and Christine
Matthews Rose. Brick and mortar: a summary and analysis of proposals
to meet research facilities needs on college campuses: report prepared
by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, for
the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology; transmitted
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives,
One Hundredth Congress, first session. Washington, U.S. Govt.
Print. Off., 1987. 160 p.
Q180.6.U54D38 1987

Equity and excellence: a dual thrust in mathematics
and science education. Model state education agency efforts.
Washington, Council of Chief State School Officers, 1987. 35 p.
ED 289 721 <MicRR>

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science
and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology.
Science and math education: hearing before the Subcommittee on Science,
Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology,
U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session,
February 10, 1984. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1984.
231 p.
KF27.S399 1984e

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology.
Scientific and technical literacy in the work force: hearing
before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, House
of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, November
9, 1987. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1988. 329 p.
KF27.S399 1987k

United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Elementary and secondary education for science and engineering:
a technical memorandum. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
1988. 146 p.
LB1585.C44 1990
Augments OTA's report, Educating Scientists
and Engineers: Grade School to Grad School, focusing on the
factors that prompt students to plan science and engineering careers
during elementary and secondary education, and the early stages
of higher education.

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor
and Human Resources. Federal leadership in science: hearing before
the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate,
One Hundred First Congress, first session, on examining the federal
government's role in scientific research, education, and innovation,
April 6, 1989. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1989. 84
p. (S. hrg. 101-49)
KF26.L27 1989g

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor
and Human Resources. Review of mathematics and science education
programs, 1983: hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human
Resources, U.S. Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on
to review mathematics and science education in primary and secondary
schools, focusing on the role that the National Science Foundation
should play in a national effort to improve these education programs,
April 18, 1983. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1984. 171
p. (S. hrg. 98-524)
KF26.L27 1983u

United States. National Commission on Excellence in
Education. Meeting the challenge: recent efforts to improve education
across the nation: a report to the Secretary of Education. Prepared
by the staff of the National Commission on Excellence in Education.
Washington, U.S. Dept. of Education, 1983. 125 p.
LA217.U49 1983a

----- A nation at risk: the imperative for educational
reform: a report to the Nation and the Secretary of Education, United
States Department of Education. Washington, The Commission;
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., distributor, 1983. 65 p.
LA217.U49 1983

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Crisis in science and math education: hearing before the Committee
on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred First
Congress, first session, November 9, 1989. Washington, U.S.
Govt. Print. Off., 1990. 134 p. (S. Hrg. 101-561)

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. Role
of national laboratories in science, mathematics and engineering
education. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session,
May 15, 1989. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1990. 380
p.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology. Precollege
science and mathematics education. Hearing before the Subcommittee
on Science, Research and Technology of the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred
First Congress, second session, February 28, 1990. Washington,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1990. 91 p.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology. Scientific,
technical and literacy education and training and H.R. 3122, the
Science and Technological Literacy Act. Hearing before the Subcommittee
on Science, Research and Technology of the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred
First Congress, first session, October 31, 1989. Washington,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1990. 235 p.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology. Science and mathematics education: hearings before
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives,
One Hundred First Congress, first session, May 23, 24; June 7, 1989.
Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1989. 499 p.